Born on December 16th, 1912
Weekday
Monday
December 16th, 1912 was a Monday.
Zodiac
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Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)
November 23rd, 1912 - December 21st, 1912
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 40,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 323 days, exactly on March 18th, 2025, people who were born on December 16th, 1912 will be 41,000 days old!
40,677 Days
5,811 Weeks
1,336 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on December 16th, 1912?
First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Balkan_WarWhat else happened on December 16th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 16th
Born on December 16th, 1912
Charles Marquis Warren
Film director (1912-1990)
*December 16th, 1912, Baltimore †August 11th, 1990, West HillsSame Day
Who's birthday is on December 16th?
Egill Jacobsen
Danish painter (1910-1998)
*December 16th, 1910, Copenhagen †April 21st, 1998, Copenhagen.jpg "Zara Larsson")
Karl Heinz Oppel
German actor and voice actor
*December 16th, 1924, Dresden †October 27th, 2016, Berlin.jpg "Ludwig van Beethoven")
56 Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer (1770–1827)
*December 16th, 1770, Bonn †March 26th, 1827, Vienna.jpg "Margaret Mead")
76 Margaret Mead
American anthropologist (1901—1978)
*December 16th, 1901, Philadelphia †November 15th, 1978, New York City
90 Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917-2008)
*December 16th, 1917, Minehead †March 19th, 2008, Colombo
73 Noël Coward
English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer
*December 16th, 1899, Teddington †March 26th, 1973, Firefly Estate
68 Nancy Andrews
American actress and singer (1924-1989)
*December 16th, 1920, Minneapolis †July 29th, 1989, Queens
Norbert Kunisch
German classical archaeologist
*December 16th, 1934, Dortmund †May 2nd, 2018, OxfordPiet Hein
20th-century Danish mathematician, inventor, designer, writer and poet
*December 16th, 1905, Copenhagen †April 17th, 1996, Middelfart
68 Buddy Parker
American football player and coach (1913-1982)
*December 16th, 1913, Slaton †March 22nd, 1982, Kaufman_restored_%26_remastered_by_Amano1.jpg "Jane Austen")
41 Jane Austen
English novelist (1775–1817)
*December 16th, 1775, Steventon †July 18th, 1817, Winchester
40 Ted Wilde
American film director, screenwriter (1889-1929)
*December 16th, 1889, New York City †December 17th, 1929, Hollywood
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Same year
Born in 1912
81 Erich Honecker
Former leader of East Germany, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1976-1989)
*August 25th, 1912, Neunkirchen †May 29th, 1994, La Reina
41 Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
*June 23rd, 1912, Maida Vale †June 7th, 1954, WilmslowJack Marshall
Prime Minister of New Zealand, politician (1912-1988)
*March 5th, 1912, Wellington †August 30th, 1988, Snape
104 Ingeborg Rapoport
German physician and East German communist functionary (1912-2017)
*September 2nd, 1912, Kribi †March 23rd, 2017, Berlin
94 Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
German physicist (1912–2007)
*June 28th, 1912, Kiel †April 28th, 2007, SöckingLeiva Petersen
German classical philologist and publisher
*November 28th, 1912, Berlin †April 17th, 1992, Weimar
65 John Paul I
Pope of the Catholic Church in 1978 (1912-1978)
*October 17th, 1912, Canale d'Agordo †September 28th, 1978, Vatican City.jpg "John Cage")
79 John Cage
American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)
*September 5th, 1912, Los Angeles †August 12th, 1992, New York City
90 Wendy Hiller
English film and stage actress (1912-2003)
*August 15th, 1912, Stockport †May 14th, 2003, Beaconsfield
94 Milton Friedman
American economist and statistician (1912–2006)
*July 31st, 1912, Brooklyn †November 16th, 2006, San Francisco
59 Jean Vilar
French theatre director and actor (1912–1971)
*March 25th, 1912, Sète †May 28th, 1971, Sète
44 Jackson Pollock
American painter (1912–1956)
*January 28th, 1912, Cody †August 11th, 1956, East Hampton
75 Ray Eames
American artist, designer, and filmmaker
*December 15th, 1912, Sacramento †August 21st, 1988, Los Angeles
65 Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
*March 23rd, 1912, Wyrzysk †June 16th, 1977, Alexandria
97 June Havoc
American actress, vaudeville performer, and memoirist
*November 8th, 1912, Vancouver †March 28th, 2010, Stamford
78 Patrick White
English-born Australian writer
*May 28th, 1912, London †September 30th, 1990, SydneyBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on December 16th
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, The beginning of the nine-day celebration beginning December 16 and ending December 24, celebrating the trials which Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place to stay where Jesus could be born) which are celebrated on December 16th.
Ralph Adams Cram, Richard Upjohn and John La Farge (Episcopal Church (USA))
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Adams_CramDecember 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_16_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Day of Reconciliation, formerly celebrated as Day of the Vow by the Afrikaners (South Africa)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_ReconciliationIndependence Day, celebrates the independence of Kazakhstan from the Soviet Union in 1991.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Kazakhstan)National Day, celebrates the withdrawal of United Kingdom from Bahrain, making Bahrain an independent emirate in 1971.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_dayNational Sports Day (Thailand)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_ThailandThe first day of Las Posadas (Mexico, Latin America)
The beginning of the nine-day celebration beginning December 16 and ending December 24, celebrating the trials which Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place to stay where Jesus could be born (Hispanidad)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_PosadasThe first day of the Simbang Gabi novena of masses (Philippines)
The beginning of the nine-day celebration beginning December 16 and ending December 24, celebrating the trials which Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place to stay where Jesus could be born (Hispanidad)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simbang_GabiVictory Day (Bangladesh) and Victory Day (India)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Day_(Bangladesh)Victory Day observances, celebration of the Indo-Bangla allied victory over Pakistan armed forces and the Liberation of Bangladesh. (Bangladesh and India)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Day_(Bangladesh)Date as a Roman numeral / digit
16.12.1912
Legend
| M = 1000 | CM = 900 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1912 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).